Need for increased clinical awareness of tuberculosis during pregnancy and puerperium in India

Tuberculosis transmission in a hospitalised neonate: Need for optimised tuberculosis screening of pregnant and postpartum women

“…[7][8][9][10]14,15] TB is also the leading cause of non-obstetricrelated maternal death. [16][17][18] There are various reasons for the lack of maternal TB screening recommendations and implementation in low-resource, TBendemic countries.…”

“…[17] Pregnant women are at increased risk of developing TB disease, [19] but may present nonspecifically and/or have overlap of TB symptoms (fatigue and malaise) with normal pregnancy-related complaints, making the clinical diagnosis of TB in pregnancy difficult. [16,17] As a result, pulmonary TB and extrapulmonary TB disease is often not appropriately investigated, [16,17,20] with a delay in TB diagnosis of 4 -26 weeks on average. [16,[21][22][23] Increased awareness of TB risk and clinical presentation in pregnant and postpartum women is needed for both healthcare staff and patients, especially in countries with a high TB burden.…”

“…[16,17] As a result, pulmonary TB and extrapulmonary TB disease is often not appropriately investigated, [16,17,20] with a delay in TB diagnosis of 4 -26 weeks on average. [16,[21][22][23] Increased awareness of TB risk and clinical presentation in pregnant and postpartum women is needed for both healthcare staff and patients, especially in countries with a high TB burden.…”

Tuberculosis in pregnancy and assisted reproductive technology

“…Worldwide, TB is the leading infectious disease that causes women's deaths, which can cause more than 1 million women's deaths every year. Active TB is also the main disease that causes maternal deaths (8). The delayed diagnosis of PWT is the main cause of adverse pregnancy outcomes.…”